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Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (DC File)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Opp. divide to make it easy for govt in...

Budget Session of Parliament begins on Monday, January 31, and the first phase will last till February 11

31 Jan 2022 1:38 AM IST

Strictly speaking then, what afflicts men in midlife isnt menopause. Instead, they are men-who-pause. Pause in their middle years to upturn their lives. For better or worse. (Image by Arrangement)

Shreya Sen-Handley | The good, bad and ugly of midlife blips

With never enough money to research women's troubles', this island of no-return is relatively unexplored yet

30 Jan 2022 2:06 AM IST

Indias GDP to contract 16.5 pc in Q1 as pandemic spreads, says SBI report. (Representative Image)

Manish Tewari | Budget 22's key challenge: Employment generation

Every economy runs on four fundamentals employment, consumption, savings, and investment

30 Jan 2022 1:05 AM IST

A train burns after the aspirants set it on fire during their protest over alleged erroneous results of Railway Recruitment Boards-Non Technical Popular Categories (RRB-NTPC) exams, at Gaya Junction railway station. (Photo:PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Don't let hopes fall: Make jobs Budget's top...

In the pandemic's third year, jobs must be the top priority. It's not enough to depend on any trickle-down theory

28 Jan 2022 11:05 PM IST

Jamie Oliver is a famous chef and writes recipe books. Jamie launched a ready-meal packet called Punchy Jerk Rice. (Photo: Facebook)

Farrukh Dhondy | Of food fatwiks' & jerky' dishes: What's cultural...

Some time ago, Jamie launched a ready-meal packet called Punchy Jerk Rice

28 Jan 2022 11:00 PM IST

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman chairs the 6th Pre-Budget consultation with the representatives of Services Sector including stakeholders from Health, Education, Rural Development and Water & Sanitation Sectors, in connection with the forthcoming Union Budget 2022-23. (PTI)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Use Budget to offer relief, win back trust of...

Budgets in India, by and large, are mostly a grand occasion for initiating policy change

28 Jan 2022 2:45 AM IST

Workers wearing face masks to help protect from the coronavirus set up a decoration for the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. (AP)

Maura Moynihan | Beijing ready for world's biggest party: Genocide...

The Chinese were awarded the 2008 Summer Olympic Games with the promise of 'improved human rights'

27 Jan 2022 3:54 AM IST

Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) shows a hologram of the statue of Indian nationalist leader Subhas Chandra Bose that was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in New Delhi. (AFP)

Mohan Guruswamy | RSS and freedom struggle: Still in search of...

One now has to see the move to instal the statue of Subhas Chandra Bose in the vacant canopy on Rajpath as another act...

27 Jan 2022 3:03 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Why Netaji is at centrestage: Will history...

The improbable return of Netaji into India's mainstream politics would have jeopardised the career paths of leaders of...

26 Jan 2022 2:25 AM IST

SC allows Air India to fly for ten days with middle seats filled in scheduled aircraft. (PTI Photo)

Dilip Cherian | Before Tata takeover, Air India gets new CMD

Clearly, the appointment of the 1993-batch officer is an indication that the takeover of Air India is delayed

26 Jan 2022 1:17 AM IST

But Tagore was a staunch nationalist at heart, a man who had composed the tune to Vande Mataram which animated the protests against the partition of Bengal in 1905.

Raja Karthikeya | The secret in 'Jana Gana Mana'

Tagore was apparently asked by a British friend to write a eulogy to King George V during his visit to India in 1911

25 Jan 2022 4:45 PM IST

Dharam Sansad was held at Ved Niketan Dham in Haridwar for three days from December 16 to 19. (Photo: Screengrab)

Aakar Patel | Listen to what the world says: Step back from the...

It is not safe to be dismissive about words like genocide, but unfortunately, that is what India is doing today

25 Jan 2022 12:06 AM IST